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January 22, 2024
Nashville partner Bob Wade will participate in the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Anchorage Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference in Feb. 22-23. The conference will include topics on regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, risk management, and maintaining an effective compliance program. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn live Compliance Certification Board (CCB) continuing education units (CEUs) and network with other professionals.
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Benjamin Hron
Partner
Suite 3500
Boston, MA 02111
Ben is a partner with the firm’s Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Venture Capital and Technology Team. Ben’s practice is focused on representing companies in general corporate matters, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, and joint ventures. He also represents private equity and venture capital funds, angel investors, and...
Ben is a partner with the firm’s Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Venture Capital and Technology Team. Ben’s practice is focused on representing companies in general corporate matters, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, and joint ventures. He also represents private equity and venture capital funds, angel investors, and financial institutions in connection with the financing of public and private companies.
Ben serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients, advising company management on legal issues ranging from day-to-day matters to large strategic initiatives. He also coordinates and supervises the work of experts in other practice areas when appropriate. In addition to working with established companies, he has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs and startups, often getting involved when a business is still in its early stages and then he guides the founders through the formative early stages of their company’s development.
As counsel to investors and financial institutions, Ben helps structure and negotiate debt and equity financing transactions, including venture capital, growth capital, asset-based loans and distressed debt workouts. He also frequently writes and lectures on the laws and regulations governing financing transactions and recent trends in deal terms.
Ben was previously co-chair of the Securities Law Committee of the Boston Bar Association from 2013 to 2015 and co-chair of the BBA’s Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee from 2015 to 2017.
financial institutions in connection with the financing of public and private companies.
Ben serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients, advising company management on legal issues ranging from day-to-day matters to large strategic initiatives. He also coordinates and supervises the work of experts in other practice areas when appropriate. In addition to working with established companies, he has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs and startups, often getting involved when a business is still in its early stages and then he guides the founders through the formative early stages of their company’s development.
As counsel to investors and financial institutions, Ben helps structure and negotiate debt and equity financing transactions, including venture capital, growth capital, asset-based loans and distressed debt workouts. He also frequently writes and lectures on the laws and regulations governing financing transactions and recent trends in deal terms.
Ben was previously co-chair of the Securities Law Committee of the Boston Bar Association from 2013 to 2015 and co-chair of the BBA’s Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee from 2015 to 2017.
Experience
Representative Matters
Financing – Private Equity and Venture Capital (Equity and Debt)
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Investment: Advised a venture capital firm in connection with a Series Seed investment in a digital health startup and a Series B investment in an AI-driven healthtech startup.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its $3.0 million investment in a privately-held manufacturer of exercise equipment.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its investment in a publicly-traded nutritional supplements company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of debt and equity securities issued by a publicly traded media company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in a publicly traded snack food company.
- Recapitalization: Advised a venture backed biotech company in recapitalization that included a $20 million investment from new and existing investors.
- Seed Financing: Advised an angel investor in a seed financing for a Massachusetts-based alternative energy company.
- Series Seed Financing: Advised a privately-held Fintech company in connection with its Series Seed financing.
- Series A Financing: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with its $10 Million Series A financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in connection with a $6 Million Series B financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held IT-services company in connection with its $18 Million Series B financing.
- Debt Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in obtaining a $4 million revolving line of credit.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $1.25 million asset-backed loan to a publicly traded company.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $4.5 million debt financing of a privately-held fast food chain.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $6.25 Million debt financing of a privately-held beverage manufacturer.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held international retail company.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3.5 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held Texas-based healthcare company.
Acquisition/Disposition
- Acquisition: Advised an oil and gas company in connection with the acquisition of a smaller competitor.
- Acquisition: Advised a global conglomerate on the acquisition of a supplier.
- Disposition: Advised a technology company focused on electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and autonomous networked sensor systems, on its sale to a military-use electromagnetic spectrum technology provider to the Department of Defense and intelligence community.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held software company in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held synthetic materials manufacturer in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a medical supply company in connection with the sale of its business.
- Disposition: Advised an oil and gas technology company in connection with the sale of its business.
Strategic Transactions
- IP License: Advised a diagnostics company in connection with the license of U.S. rights to certain of its patents to a large healthcare company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a family-owned bindery company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded security printing company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded drug development company.
- Collaboration: Advised a privately-held IT-services company on a strategic collaboration with a global IT company.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held manufacturer of sports technology in connection with licensing and collaboration transactions with two strategic partners.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with a joint development agreement.
Fund Formation
- Advised New York based venture fund on fund formation and making, monitoring and disposing of investments.
- Advised a private real estate investment fund in connection with the formation of two new funds.
Previous Professional Experience
- Associate in the Boston office of an international law firm (2003–2006)
- Associate in the Boston office of a national law firm (2006–2009)
- Founder and Partner of VC Ready Law Group (2009–2011)
- Counsel and Partner in the Boston office of a national law firm (2011–2021)
- Partner in the Boston office of an international law firm (2022–2023)
Education
- Harvard Law School, JD (2003)
- Carleton College, BA (2000)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Practice Areas
Industries
Representative Matters
Financing – Private Equity and Venture Capital (Equity and Debt)
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Investment: Advised a venture capital firm in connection with a Series Seed investment in a digital health startup and a Series B investment in an AI-driven healthtech startup.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its $3.0 million investment in a privately-held manufacturer of exercise equipment.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its investment in a publicly-traded nutritional supplements company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of debt and equity securities issued by a publicly traded media company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in a publicly traded snack food company.
- Recapitalization: Advised a venture backed biotech company in recapitalization that included a $20 million investment from new and existing investors.
- Seed Financing: Advised an angel investor in a seed financing for a Massachusetts-based alternative energy company.
- Series Seed Financing: Advised a privately-held Fintech company in connection with its Series Seed financing.
- Series A Financing: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with its $10 Million Series A financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in connection with a $6 Million Series B financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held IT-services company in connection with its $18 Million Series B financing.
- Debt Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in obtaining a $4 million revolving line of credit.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $1.25 million asset-backed loan to a publicly traded company.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $4.5 million debt financing of a privately-held fast food chain.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $6.25 Million debt financing of a privately-held beverage manufacturer.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held international retail company.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3.5 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held Texas-based healthcare company.
Acquisition/Disposition
- Acquisition: Advised an oil and gas company in connection with the acquisition of a smaller competitor.
- Acquisition: Advised a global conglomerate on the acquisition of a supplier.
- Disposition: Advised a technology company focused on electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and autonomous networked sensor systems, on its sale to a military-use electromagnetic spectrum technology provider to the Department of Defense and intelligence community.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held software company in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held synthetic materials manufacturer in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a medical supply company in connection with the sale of its business.
- Disposition: Advised an oil and gas technology company in connection with the sale of its business.
Strategic Transactions
- IP License: Advised a diagnostics company in connection with the license of U.S. rights to certain of its patents to a large healthcare company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a family-owned bindery company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded security printing company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded drug development company.
- Collaboration: Advised a privately-held IT-services company on a strategic collaboration with a global IT company.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held manufacturer of sports technology in connection with licensing and collaboration transactions with two strategic partners.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with a joint development agreement.
Fund Formation
- Advised New York based venture fund on fund formation and making, monitoring and disposing of investments.
- Advised a private real estate investment fund in connection with the formation of two new funds.
Previous Professional Experience
- Associate in the Boston office of an international law firm (2003–2006)
- Associate in the Boston office of a national law firm (2006–2009)
- Founder and Partner of VC Ready Law Group (2009–2011)
- Counsel and Partner in the Boston office of a national law firm (2011–2021)
- Partner in the Boston office of an international law firm (2022–2023)
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Professional Activities
- Former Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee (2015–2017)
- Former Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Securities Law Committee (2013–2015)
Ben is a partner with the firm’s Corporate Group and a member of the firm’s Venture Capital and Technology Team. Ben’s practice is focused on representing companies in general corporate matters, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, and joint ventures. He also represents private equity and venture capital funds, angel investors, and... financial institutions in connection with the financing of public and private companies.
Ben serves as outside general counsel for many of his clients, advising company management on legal issues ranging from day-to-day matters to large strategic initiatives. He also coordinates and supervises the work of experts in other practice areas when appropriate. In addition to working with established companies, he has extensive experience working with entrepreneurs and startups, often getting involved when a business is still in its early stages and then he guides the founders through the formative early stages of their company’s development.
As counsel to investors and financial institutions, Ben helps structure and negotiate debt and equity financing transactions, including venture capital, growth capital, asset-based loans and distressed debt workouts. He also frequently writes and lectures on the laws and regulations governing financing transactions and recent trends in deal terms.
Ben was previously co-chair of the Securities Law Committee of the Boston Bar Association from 2013 to 2015 and co-chair of the BBA’s Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee from 2015 to 2017.
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Matters
Financing – Private Equity and Venture Capital (Equity and Debt)
-
Investment: Advised a venture capital firm in connection with a Series Seed investment in a digital health startup and a Series B investment in an AI-driven healthtech startup.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its $3.0 million investment in a privately-held manufacturer of exercise equipment.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund on its investment in a publicly-traded nutritional supplements company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of debt and equity securities issued by a publicly traded media company.
- Investment: Advised a private equity fund in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in a publicly traded snack food company.
- Recapitalization: Advised a venture backed biotech company in recapitalization that included a $20 million investment from new and existing investors.
- Seed Financing: Advised an angel investor in a seed financing for a Massachusetts-based alternative energy company.
- Series Seed Financing: Advised a privately-held Fintech company in connection with its Series Seed financing.
- Series A Financing: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with its $10 Million Series A financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in connection with a $6 Million Series B financing.
- Series B Financing: Advised a privately-held IT-services company in connection with its $18 Million Series B financing.
- Debt Financing: Advised a privately-held SaaS company in obtaining a $4 million revolving line of credit.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $1.25 million asset-backed loan to a publicly traded company.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $4.5 million debt financing of a privately-held fast food chain.
- Debt Financing: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $6.25 Million debt financing of a privately-held beverage manufacturer.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held international retail company.
- Debt Financing and Recapitalization: Advised a private equity fund in connection with a $3.5 million debt financing and concurrent recapitalization and restructuring of a privately held Texas-based healthcare company.
Acquisition/Disposition
- Acquisition: Advised an oil and gas company in connection with the acquisition of a smaller competitor.
- Acquisition: Advised a global conglomerate on the acquisition of a supplier.
- Disposition: Advised a technology company focused on electronic warfare, signals intelligence, and autonomous networked sensor systems, on its sale to a military-use electromagnetic spectrum technology provider to the Department of Defense and intelligence community.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held software company in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a privately-held synthetic materials manufacturer in connection with its sale to a competitor.
- Disposition: Advised a medical supply company in connection with the sale of its business.
- Disposition: Advised an oil and gas technology company in connection with the sale of its business.
Strategic Transactions
- IP License: Advised a diagnostics company in connection with the license of U.S. rights to certain of its patents to a large healthcare company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a family-owned bindery company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded security printing company.
- Joint Venture: Advised a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in a joint venture transaction with a publicly-traded drug development company.
- Collaboration: Advised a privately-held IT-services company on a strategic collaboration with a global IT company.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held manufacturer of sports technology in connection with licensing and collaboration transactions with two strategic partners.
- Strategic Transaction: Advised a privately-held biotech company in connection with a joint development agreement.
Fund Formation
- Advised New York based venture fund on fund formation and making, monitoring and disposing of investments.
- Advised a private real estate investment fund in connection with the formation of two new funds.
Previous Professional Experience
- Associate in the Boston office of an international law firm (2003–2006)
- Associate in the Boston office of a national law firm (2006–2009)
- Founder and Partner of VC Ready Law Group (2009–2011)
- Counsel and Partner in the Boston office of a national law firm (2011–2021)
- Partner in the Boston office of an international law firm (2022–2023)
Education
- Harvard Law School, JD (2003)
- Carleton College, BA (2000)
Admissions
- Massachusetts
Practice Areas
Industries
- Former Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Committee (2015–2017)
- Former Co-Chair, Boston Bar Association Securities Law Committee (2013–2015)
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